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September 04, 2000

``1934 Meet Kit'' and ``Kit Learns a Lesson, A School Story,'' The American Girls Collection by Valerie Tripp (Pleasant Company Publications, $5.95, ages 7 and up.)

Kit, a 9-year-old girl with a nose for news, finds plenty to write about when her father loses his job during the Depression in the 1930s. These are the first two of six books that will be released in the next year on Kit, the latest character to join the American Girls Collection of dolls and books of historical fiction. Like her predecessors -- Felicity, Josefina, Kirsten, Addy, Samantha and Molly -- Kit will also be available as a doll with a collection of historically accurate clothes and accessories (including, for Kit, a doll-sized typewriter.)